Physical Evaluation Board Forum

Just wanted to start a "tips for coping" thread for migraineurs. If you have migraines you will agree that we will try anything to relieve or dull the pain that is hard to explain to non-migraineurs.

I will be adding my ideas and some things that help me get through my attacks and hopefully they will help you. Feel free to post your abortives or preventatives and anything else you might do to help ease or stop the pain.

I will be adding a lengthy post with my info real soon...

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Tony

"Some people go their entire lives wondering if they made a difference, Marines don't have that problem."
Ronald Reagan 40th US President

http://xeno01.googlepages.com/migraine.pdf


This file is what the doctors use to ID/Resolve/Help Migraine suffers.

My case history actually follows that almost exactly. I've been suffering migraines since about 2001.

I'm currently on Serotonin receptor agonists (“triptans”) for abortive and Beta Blocker & Tricyclic Antidepressants as Prophylaxis.

I'm almost to the point of none of those are working and will have to move up one tier on the chart.

As for triggers, nothing really except alcohol for sure (avoided). Yet I still get them 2-3 a week. Also MAV.

Yeah I am currently taking Elavil at 50mg a day as a preventative and imitrex as a abortive which does not work at all but take them to comply with the treatment. I have been through about 10 different meds and none work or kind of work but make me feel worse with the side effects.

I am also diagnosed with cluster headaches on top of the classic migraine w/aura and severe vertigo that last days at a time. Not sure if you know what cluster headaches are (if not try and google it) but I would rather be dead when I get my cluster attacks...I am currently trying to get at home oxygen approved because it helps dull the pain for both my migraines and clusters.

As of right now I am spending 4 days a week in bed and the other days I am so exhausted and depressed from the pain I can't do much..the bad part is golf season is almost here and I am not gonna be able to play because of these darn things......

The only triggers that I positively know will cause me to have a migraine are physical exhertion and sleep deprivation...other than that they come anytime..

I have tried a Gluten free diet, MSG free diet, aspartane (fake sugar in pop) free diet, iron and magnesium vitamins which none have helped. I even spent 300 dollars of my own money cause tricare wouldn't cover it to have my blood analyzed by some company and see if I have any lack of vitamins etc....all were good...



So who knows, the only for sure thing I know is on my MRI they found Gliotic scarring and a Venous angioma (deformed cluster of veins)...

You ever try oxygen for your migraines?

Pain free days to you
my friend

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Thank you and Semper Fi.......
Tony

"Some people go their entire lives wondering if they made a difference, Marines don't have that problem."
Ronald Reagan 40th US President

just some links to stuff I have tried, didn't work for me but you never know might work for you.

Sinus Buster Migraine Headache Nasal Spray

and one stop shop variety of stuff for migrianes

Compare Prices for Migraine online

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Thank you and Semper Fi.......
Tony

"Some people go their entire lives wondering if they made a difference, Marines don't have that problem."
Ronald Reagan 40th US President

Migraine or one sided head aches could be caused by a variety of reasons ,which include hypertension, fall in glucose levels, increased alkanity in the body or fallen levels of di-uresis.For the permanent treatment of migraine it is very important to find the root cause of migraine.It could be one of the reasons described above or it could be due to any other specific reasons.Sandal wood oil is very beneficial in resolving the immediate symptoms of migraine like pain and nausea.

You can explore mamaherb regarding natural ways offered by public for resolving this condition and you can see all the comments for it and to how many people it really helped so far.

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You know I was going to try that, I bought a medical Ox tank & hand cart with regulator on criags list for like $30. I figured if it didn't work, then I could use it for welding Ox tank or for emergency at home. Went downtown to get it filled. They ask if its covered by insurance, I said no, I'll be paying cash. They said OK no problem, I just need to see your perscription. I was like uhhhh what? They said, yea you know, your perscription. I said, I don't have one. They told me to come back when I get one. LOL I called around and no one will fill the dang tank without one. So I thought I'd be bright and take it to "weld Ox filler". I was caring it up, they said, dude we don't fill medical tanks.

LOL


I have tried to eliminate all caffine and drastically cut down on fructose & glucose for almost the last 6 months. Nothing... Well, I did loose weight by just changing that.

Anyhow, have you had any head injuries? I had one 5y prior to migrains and one 5y prior to that, requiring some reconstructive surgery over a 2 year span... Don't know if that could account for it, because of the time span.

X

A handfull of cashews sometimes does the trick for me. Just know that chewing them sends out an initial vibration that your knoggin won't like w/ a full blown migrain

I've had cluster headaches now for 13 years and they have now been under control for 2 years. I still have them but they don't last as long and the pain level is not as severe (They are Tolerable) I am currently on Effexor 75 mg and magnezium - oxide. I was told by my doctor that the pain is caused from blood vessels in the brain ballooning up and all the nerves around that blood vessel send out the pain. This is probably a bad thing but when he told me that I was thinking, if I have a cluster headache......what if I slow down the blood flow to my brain thru the big artery in my neck on that side of my head.......will that make the ballooning vessel go back to normal? So then I tried it. And it works.....I was pain free...wow! I would push on the artery until the pain went away.......and then it would sneek back for a moment....and then I would do it again and again until the pain was gone.......of course until the next day or episode. But the good thing was is that I was controlling them, they weren't controlling me.....to a certain extent anyway.
Well its probably not good that I gave you this information seeing how I don't know the outcome of pushing on your arteries and if it messes anything up.....but I look at it like this.....for example...laying on your arm while you sleep cuts off all the blood to your arm and when you get off of it all the blood rushes back in...it don't mess your arm up when it does that..uummm.just something to think about.

good advice

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Thank you and Semper Fi.......
Tony

"Some people go their entire lives wondering if they made a difference, Marines don't have that problem."
Ronald Reagan 40th US President